Debra McGrath
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Debra McGrath

Born 5 July 1954 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Debra McGrath (born July 5th, 1954) is a Canadian actress and comedian. She first started her career with three years as a member of The Second City in Toronto, Ontario, from 1983 to 1985, where she was a writer and actress, and eventually a director. She was best known for a take-off of Marilyn Monroe, and the song Condoms are a Girl's Best Friend. During the late 1980s, she appeared with Second City at anniversary, comedy festival, and Club Soda performances. In 1990, she co-created My Talk Show with Linda Kash, a sitcom featuring a talk show broadcast from the host's basement. The series ran for one year, with fifty-nine episodes. She was also a co-writer of the Canadian Women's Television Network's Go Girl!, a send-up of a cable TV talk show that debuted in 1997.

Known for

Murdoch Mysteries
One Magic Christmas
Eloise at the Plaza
Eloise at Christmastime
The Real Blonde
DC 9/11: Time of Crisis
Little Mosque on the Prairie
Christmas by Candlelight
Peep and the Big Wide World
Baking All the Way
Seven Little Monsters
Love Hacks
Magnetosphere
Junior’s Giant
Love Hacks
Christmas by Candlelight
Baking All the Way
Home in Time
Betsy Bubblegum's Journey Through Yummi-Land
Burnt Toast
Eloise at Christmastime
Eloise at the Plaza
DC 9/11: Time of Crisis
Expecting
Mr. Headmistress
The Real Blonde
Partners 'n Love
Termini Station
110 Lombard
Really Weird Tales
One Magic Christmas
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